Agreement reached in negotiations between the Gresham-Barlow School District and Oregon School Employees Association

The Gresham-Barlow School District and the Oregon School Employees Association (OSEA) have reached an agreement for 2017-20.

The agreement was approved by the members of the Oregon School Employees Association and approved by the school board during their meeting on July 6, 2017.

The agreement includes the following changes:

Article 8 Personnel Files

Language that clarifies that employees may request to have letters of directive or reprimand removed from their personnel files​

Article 9 Transfers and Vacancies

Language created to clarify hiring process

Article 11 Leave with Pay

Aligns sick leave language with the Oregon Sick Time Law

Aligns bereavement leave language with Oregon law

Modified the language that all personal leave will be approved by principal and/or supervisor

Article 12 Leave without Pay

Aligns language with current practice of review of unpaid leave requests

Article 15 Tuition Reimbursement/Employee Enrichment

Clarifies that members will retain ownership of materials and equipment that is included in workshops and classes

Article 19 Vacation

Modifies vacation accrual account

Clarifies the request and approval process

Article 20-Wages

Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) 2% in 2017-18

Add a step at the top of the salary schedule (2%) and drop bottom step in 2018-19

Add a step at the top of the salary schedule (2%) in 2019-20

MOU to finalize the combining of some split range positions

MOU to finalize the details regarding a cell phone stipend for some positions

Article 21-Insurance

$1,200 cap in 2017-18

$1,200 cap in 2018-19

$1,250 cap in 2019-20

Article 24 Fair Share

Aligns language with our practice and state law

Article 26 Job Description Review

A committee will be formed to review the job descriptions (20% each year) to update language. 100% of the job descriptions will be reviewed in five years.

Article 34 Term of the Agreement

The agreement will be effective as of July 1, 2017 and will remain in effect through June 30, 2020

Interest-based bargaining usedTo develop the tentative agreement, the two groups used an interest-based approach to bargaining. This approach focuses negotiations teams on determining shared interest and working together to identify solutions based on those interests.

The GBSD’s negotiations team was made up of seven administrators and a school board member. The OSEA’s team consisted of ten members from the classified association.